pourpoint

(po̵orpo̵int′)

noun

a quilted doublet worn in the late Middle Ages

Origin: ME purpoynt < OFr porpoint, orig., perforated: altered (based on pour, for) < VL * perpunctus, pp. of *perpungere < L per-, through (see per) + pungere, to prick: see point

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